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| Woman Gets 'Surprise' in Bowl of Chili at Wendy's |
| 2005-03-24 |
| Woman bites into finger while eating chili at Wendy's restaurant in California SAN JOSE — A woman bit into a portion of a human finger while eating a bowl of chili at a Wendy's restaurant, health officials said. Officials said the fingertip was about 1œ inches long and contained part of a manicured nail. The woman, who asked officials not to identify her, immediately spit it out, Santa Clara County Health Officer Martin Fenstersheib said. "She was a bit grossed out it was described to me, and vomited a number of times," he said. Health investigators seized all the ingredients at the restaurant and are tracing them back to their manufacturer. They believe the finger got into the chili at an earlier stage and was cooked at a high enough temperature to kill any viruses. Wendy's spokesman Joe Desmond said the company was cooperating with the investigation. "It's important not to jump to conclusions," he said. "Here at Wendy's we plan to do right by our customers." At Pasta Bravo, you can order meatballs, sausage, or shrimp as an add-on with your pasta and sauce, but I've never seen this on a menu. |
| Posted by:BigEd |
| #23 ahem - half - it's a joke - see "www.snopes.com" for all your hoax needs |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-03-24 9:19:02 PM |
| #22 hey! they gotm Save Toby TeeShirts! |
| Posted by: Half 2005-03-24 9:13:58 PM |
| #21 ima send another 4 dollars tomorrow |
| Posted by: Half 2005-03-24 9:11:56 PM |
| #20 not a laughing matter anymore Mr. g. June 30th is getting closer! |
| Posted by: Half 2005-03-24 9:10:50 PM |
| #19 savetoby.com? LOL |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-03-24 8:37:45 PM |
| #18 sent 3 dollar to save the buunny, now i can't finder the link, is it sill breathing? I bet andrea will hep out a good cause. |
| Posted by: Half 2005-03-24 8:34:01 PM |
| #17 Waiter: "There's a finger in your soup? No extra charge!" |
| Posted by: Sheik Abu Bin Ali Al-Yahood 2005-03-24 8:24:02 PM |
| #16 half - the rabbit? survives? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-03-24 8:08:23 PM |
| #15 Now the lawyer feeding frenzy kicks off - Wendy's might as well start piling up a mountain of "tort cash" to throw at the parade of sharks. USA is a great place to be from -'glad I don't live there any more. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2005-03-24 8:03:14 PM |
| #14 Thanks AJ! of course us church of native america don't really do easter in the sense that THE OTHERS do. |
| Posted by: Half 2005-03-24 6:25:11 PM |
| #13 .half --Happy Easter!! Andrea Jackson |
| Posted by: Andrea Jackson 2005-03-24 6:00:18 PM |
| #12 lol! good 'un andrrea! |
| Posted by: half 2005-03-24 5:11:31 PM |
| #11 Was it the middle finger?? Andrea |
| Posted by: Andrea Jackson 2005-03-24 5:04:06 PM |
| #10 San Jose? Fast Food Tragedy? Where's the lettuce ladies? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-03-24 2:46:28 PM |
| #9 I actually once got a surprise. The plastic nozzle from the bottom of a shake machine at McDonald's in a Vanilla Shake... Since it was "inorganic", and without DNA(not a gooey used bandaid), I just returned it to McDonald's the next day. I got $25 dollars in cupons, with a comment. Oh, you found it? It broke about 12:45 yeaterday... Uh huh |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-03-24 2:38:53 PM |
| #8 I've got to hand it to you guys, you sure know how to grab hold of a topic and poke fun at it. Now, some of you knuckledraggers are tickled by this -- I won't point fingers -- but I find it in poor taste. Get a grip! |
| Posted by: BH 2005-03-24 2:34:46 PM |
| #7 How about a leprosy sammy? |
| Posted by: Glising Chater5397 2005-03-24 2:15:46 PM |
| #6 I saw this with my own eyes...my co-worker found a fingertip size Band-aid in her Chinese food...used. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-03-24 1:50:26 PM |
| #5 This wouldn't be the first time that someone tried to scam a restaurant by adulterating their own food. Where would she get a cooked finger? The Condom Chowder served at McCormick & Schmick's was far more dubious. You cat buy a "well manicured finger tip" at Walgreen, Savon, or Rite-Aid. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-03-24 1:49:35 PM |
| #4 48 hr. rule (at least) This wouldn't be the first time that someone tried to scam a restaurant by adulterating their own food. Wendy's is a perfect target, big, rich and vulnerable to unfavorable publicity. Let's just wait and see, shall we? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2005-03-24 1:46:07 PM |
| #3 ...finger foods? come on |
| Posted by: Tips 2005-03-24 1:42:07 PM |
| #2 Wendy's? Are they sure this wasn't at Satriale's? ;) |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2005-03-24 1:16:49 PM |
| #1 Oh great, now everyone's gonna want one in theirs. Only takes one loudmouth to ruin it for everyone. That part of the menu is not printed for a reason ya know! |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2005-03-24 1:16:20 PM |